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    A to Z Learning: WRITING Terminology and Advice for the Student Preparing for High School
    A to Z Learning: WRITING Terminology and Advice for the Student Preparing for High School
    A to Z Learning: WRITING Terminology and Advice for the Student Preparing for High School
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    A to Z Learning: WRITING Terminology and Advice for the Student Preparing for High School

    By Suzanne Booth Kaiser

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    Making the academic transition from middle school to high school can be intimidating. But starting with some basic terminology under your belt can be great for both your confidence and your success. The information provided in this book is written by a high school teacher with twenty years of experience teaching all levels of high school English. She knows what you NEED to know as you enter those very important high school years. This book is written in plain, easy to understand language that will make the transition from middle school to high school much easier.
    If you have a familiarity with and an understanding of these terms and concepts and can make them a part of your academic vocabulary, you will put yourself a step ahead of most other students, impress your teachers, and be one step closer to becoming an outstanding, successful high school student!
    Each entry includes an easy to understand definition followed by the teacher’s discussion and explanation of the term, and concludes with an example sentence to demonstrate how the word is properly used.
    This is a great addition to your summer reading list.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSuzanne Booth Kaiser
    Release dateJan 21, 2012
    ISBN9781466186453
    A to Z Learning: WRITING Terminology and Advice for the Student Preparing for High School

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      A to Z Learning - Suzanne Booth Kaiser

      What Others are Saying About A to Z Learning

      "A to Z Learning: WRITING makes a great reference handbook for students to use through high school and college. As a journalism, English, and literature teacher for 25 years, I know that students with a head start will be better able to adjust to the demanding academic standards of high school. This book belongs on your child's summer reading list.

      --Pam O'Reilly, high school teacher

      "Two thumbs up! I am going to encourage all our middle schools to use this handbook.

      --Lori Heiges, high school English teacher

      "Honestly, I wish I could have read this book before I came to high school. I know I would have been much better prepared for what was ahead of me.

      --Wesley Stevens, high school senior

      A to Z Learning: WRITING

      Terminology and Advice

      for the Student Preparing for High School

      By Suzanne Booth Kaiser

      Copyright 2012 Suzanne Booth Kaiser

      Smashwords Edition

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      Introduction

      Making the academic transition from middle school to high school can be intimidating. But starting with some basic terminology under your belt can be great for both your confidence and your success. The information provided in this series of books is written by high school teachers with many years of experience teaching in their specialized field. These teachers know what you NEED to know as you enter those very important high school years. This series is written in plain, easy to understand language that will make the transition from middle school to high school much easier for you.

      These books are not intended to be all-inclusive. Of course at your high school your teacher will have so much more for you to learn. But if you have a familiarity with and an understanding of these terms and concepts and can make them a part of your academic vocabulary, you will put yourself a step ahead of most other students, impress your teachers, and be one step closer to becoming an outstanding, successful high school student!

      Each entry includes an easy to understand definition followed by the teacher’s discussion and explanation of the term, and concludes with an example sentence to demonstrate how the word is properly used.

      Also, for the sake of clarity, in this WRITING edition, the words writer and speaker can be used (and are used) interchangeably. The same often applies to audience and reader.

      Table of Contents

      (Entries)

      A

      Active Voice

      Anecdote

      Appeals

      Argument

      Audience

      B

      Body

      C

      Call to Action

      Cite

      Claim

      Colloquial

      Complex Sentence

      Compound Sentence

      Compound-Complex Sentence

      Conclusion

      Connotation

      Counterargument

      D

      Declarative Sentence

      Denotation

      Diction

      E

      Ethos

      Exclamatory Sentence

      F

      Fallacy

      Figurative Language

      Framing

      G

      Grammar

      H

      Hook

      Hyperbole

      I

      Imperative Sentence

      Interrogative Sentence

      J

      Jargon

      Juxtaposition

      L

      Logos

      M

      Mechanics

      O

      Occasion

      P

      Parallelism

      Passive Voice

      Pathos

      Purpose

      Q

      Quotation Marks

      Qualifier

      R

      Rhetorical Question

      Rhetorical Triangle

      S

      Simple Sentence

      Speaker

      Style

      Syntax

      T

      Tone

      U

      Understatement

      W

      Whom

      Y

      You

      A

      Active Voice—a sentence structured so the subject is performing the action of the verb

      A writer’s goal is to present the strongest writing she is capable of. This strength is determined in a number of ways—diction (see definition), tone (see definition), and syntax (see definition). Active voice—as opposed to passive voice

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